Malaysia - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesMalaysia is located Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam. The climate is tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons. The terrain is coastal plains rising to hills and mountains.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 4.35 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 23.347 million (2007)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : modern system; international service excellent
Telephone system - domestic : good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations; combined fixed-line and mobile cellular teledensity exceeds 110 per 100 persons
Telephone system - international : country code - 60; landing point for several major international submarine cable networks that provide connectivity to Asia, Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001)
Radios
Radios : 10.9 million (1999)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 88 (mainland Malaysia 51, Sabah 16, and Sarawak 21) (2006)
Televisions
Televisions : 10.8 million (1999)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .my
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 377,716 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 7 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 15.868 million (2007)
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